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In this episode, Andy Whitmore recreates 13 famous Hoover riffs using the Roland Alpha Juno-1 synth.

Send us Fan Mail Andy Whitmore recreates 13 famous Hoover riffs on the real Roland Alpha Juno-1, using the legendary “WhatThe” preset that helped define rave, hardcore, jungle and techno. In this episode, I recreate 13 famous Hoover riffs on the real Roland Alpha Juno-1, using the legendary “WhatThe” preset that became one of the most aggressive and recognisable synth sounds in dance music history. The Hoover sound helped define rave, hardcore, jungle and techno — from early ’90s clas...

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Host: Andy Whitmore

Topics covered

• Hoover riffs
• synth sounds
• dance music history
• rave
• hardcore
• jungle
• techno

Keywords

• Hoover riffs
• Roland Alpha Juno-1
• WhatThe preset
• dance music
• synth sounds
• rave
• hardcore
• jungle
• techno

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Roland Alpha Juno-1

Books & works: WhatThe

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